The Department of Education (DepEd) has granted school heads the authority to suspend classes at the granular level based on actual community conditions and consultations with Schools Division Superintendents (SDS) and Local Government Units (LGUs).
“This ensures that decisions are tailored strictly to affected classrooms or specific grade levels, doing away with the usual generic, division-wide ‘no classes for all’ cancellations,” the agency said in a news release on Friday.
Data from the Second Congressional Commission on Education (EDCOM 2) showed that nearly 30% of class days in School Year 2023-2024 were lost due to suspensions.
Of these, 32 days were accounted for calamities, such as typhoons, earthquakes, and high heat indices, during April and May. 12 days were also lost to non-teaching tasks, followed by four local holiday suspensions, four days off-class activities, and one day of closure due to a conflict.
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